Cuff-holder.



PATENTED OCT. ll, 1904.

G. BUCHANAN. y

CUPF HOLDER.

ABPLIOATION FILED MAY 12, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented October 11, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 772,210, dated October11, 1904.

Application led May 12, 1902. Serial'No. 107,029. (No model.)

To all whom, it muy concern.'

Be it known thatI, GEORGE W. BUCHANAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Cuff-Holders; and I declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specication.

My invention has for its object the production of` a cuff-holder of thatform in which two buttons such as are generally known as collar or studbuttons are engaged together, the base of one button being provided withmeans for engaging the head of the other. The improvement sought to becovered by this application is the means for engaging the two buttonstogether. I

In' the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of the upperbutton-that is, the button that is engaged in the cuff when the deviceis used as a cuff-holder. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the base-cap with thebalance of the button removed, and Fig. 3 is a vertical section of thetwo buttons engaged together.

In carrying out the invention, A represents the upper button-that is,the on'e engaged in the cuff when the device is used as a cuffholder,although obviously it is adapted for other purposes. This button isprovided with a top or head a, a shank a', and a base co2.

B is the lower button-that is, the one engaged in the Wristband of theshirt when used as a cuH-holder. It is provided with a head 6, a shankand a base Z22. Either or both the buttons may be what are technicallytermed one-piece buttons, or they may be of other constructions. This isimmaterial.

C is a plate or ring engaged to the base a2 of the button A by eithercrimping the edge c around the edges of the base or by any other method.

o represents spring-detents formed integral with the plate C and so bentthat they extend inwardly or toward the base, leaving an oritice D, intowhich the head b of the other button may be inserted. The pressure ofthe detents c on the head serves to hold the head t detachably engagedto the base of the but- 'ive and easily-detached cuif-holder.

I do not hereinclaim the generic invention shown in this application andin my Reissue Patent No. 12,020; but what I do claim in this applicationis the specific embodiment of the generic invention which is disclosedherein.

1. The combination with a stud-button comprising a head, a shank andbase, of a circular plate having a concentric hole therethrough andhaving a flange at its upper edge overlying and closely engaging theouter periphery of said base, thereby permanently uniting the plate tothe stud-button, and a series of springdetents within the space betweensaid base and plate and located aground the hole through said p ate.

2. The combination with a stud-button com prising a head, shank andbase, of a circular plate having a flange at its upper edge overlyingand closely engaging the outer periphery of said base and therebypermanently uniting the plate to the stud-button, and a series ofintegral spring-detents extending from the lower edge of said plateupwardly within the same.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the 4presence oftwowitnesses.

GEORGE W. BUCHANAN. Witnesses H. S. GAITHER, CLARA C. CUNNINGHAM;

